Every year an estimated 800,000 people die prematurely from illnesses caused by outdoor air pollution worldwide. Approximately 150,000 of these deaths are estimated to occur in South Asia lone. Air pollution has also been associated with a variety of ...
Vea más +Every year an estimated 800,000 people die prematurely from illnesses caused by outdoor air pollution worldwide. Approximately 150,000 of these deaths are estimated to occur in South Asia lone. Air pollution has also been associated with a variety of illnesses. Calculating the health impacts of urban air pollution is an important step in urban air quality management, but is often made difficult by lack of date in developing country cities. This is the first in a series of three briefing notes that discuss options for quantification of health effects and their associated costs to the economy, and the science of how the pollutant of most concern in South Asia-fine particulate matter-affects human health. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that every year 800,000 people die prematurely from lung cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases caused by outdoor air pollution. Other adverse health effects include increased incidence of chronic bronchitis and acute respiratory illness, exacerbation of asthma and coronary disease, and impairment of lung function.
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